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Paul Sutton wrote: > I am trying to learn LaTex type setting language, but have hit a problem > > the software is installed fine, and works, however I am getting the > following error message > > > l.42 {16 \div > 18 \times 100 = 88.2 percent} > > lines 22 - 32 of my code are > > > \begin{tabular}{|c|ccc|r|} > \hline > $N$ & Chemical & Formula & Mass & remarks \\ > \hline > 1 & Sulphuric Acid & {H$_2$SO$_4$} & 98.0791 . & g/mol \\ > 2 & Copper Sulphate & {CuSO$_4$} & 159.6095 & g/mol \\ > \hline > \end{tabular} > \\ > \small > Table shows Chemical formula, molar mass of common Chemicals. > Thanks, for the help, this error is fixed now, I will look into some gui packages for producing documents, however I would like to also learn the manual way so If I am ever stuck at a console, and need to produce something, I can do. as latex produces pdf output, I can create a document from the command line, ok at present I am using kwrite to write the code, but I could easily use joe, vim or emacs or some other editor. I am also looking at txt2tags, so that should keep me busy too does anyone have any recomendations for books on latex (amazon do some sub £20 which look like they may fit the bill, ideally there would be a dummies guide or sams TYS in 24 hrs or 14 days, type book. thanks again Paul
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